Patrick J. Foote
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Chicago, IL, United States
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News Guild: Democracy depends on journalism
On April 28, during the News Guild Midwest conference in Chicago, the Chicago News Guild/CWA Local 34071 hosted a panel discussion on the future of journalism and democracy. The panel was hosted at Loyola University’s downtown campus and was moderated by the Chicago Reader’s Ben Joravsky. → Read More
GOP-run House passes renewal of spying program
On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for six years. The program that allows the U.S. → Read More
We must fight for net neutrality—this newspaper depends on it
On November 21, the head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, revealed plans to repeal net neutrality. Net neutrality is the principle that the internet should be open and that internet service providers should not be able to charge customers more for certain content. → Read More
Union collaboration a success for VICE media campaign
Two unions, Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Motion Picture Editors Guild/IATSE Local 700 (MPEG) have announced that approximately 430 VICE Media employees have chosen to go union. → Read More
StoryCorps workers win their union
Employees at the non-profit StoryCorps have voted by an 83 percent margin to join the Communication Workers of America Local 1180. The vote marks the end of a long, and fiercely resisted, union drive that, according to Stephanie Russell-Kraft at The Nation, is a “perfect example of the labor probl... → Read More
Pre-dawn FBI raid on home of Manafort, Trump’s campaign chair
The Washington Post and cable TV media have reported that the FBI conducted a “predawn raid” of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s Alexandria, Va. home on July 26. → Read More
Democratic Socialists of America hold convention in Chicago this weekend
CHICAGO - The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are holding their bi-annual convention beginning Aug. 3 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Earlier this week, DSA reached 25,000 members, a goal set at their previous convention. → Read More
Vulnerable Republican senators face criticism for ACA repeal votes
Some Republican senators are facing criticism for sending mixed messages with their votes during last week’s rapid-fire, three-vote attempt to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. Sen. Shelley Moore-Capito, R - W.Va. → Read More
Republicans explore multiple “gut and run” repeal strategies
On Tuesday, the Senate voted to open debate on the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. However, what exactly they were voting to debate was unclear. The perceived political imperative on the Republican side led them to open debate on an idea rather than a piece of legislation, which all but guarantee... → Read More
Chicago Sun-Times bought by investor group, including unions
On Wednesday, a group of investors led by former Alderman Edwin Eisendrath, including the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) and other unions, purchased the second largest newspaper in the city of Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times. → Read More
New Democratic Party slogan is sadly telling
Today, The Hill reported on a new set of stickers being produced by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). The DCCC, in an effort to raise money, intends to allow people to vote on which sticker gets printed. → Read More
U.S. Conference of Mayors takes stance on Trump military build up
In a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s militarism, the U.S. Conference of Mayors passed three resolutions taking aim at military spending and escalating nuclear tensions. The U.S. Conference of Mayors is “the official non-partisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. → Read More
AT&T workers set strike date for tomorrow
AT&T Wireless workers – some 21,000 of them - have given management until Friday, May 19 at 3 p.m. ET to come to the table with “serious proposals that invest in good jobs with a future. → Read More
North Carolina voter suppression law is dead
The Supreme Court has effectively killed North Carolina’s controversial 2013 voter ID law, by rejecting the appeal of a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that struck it down. → Read More
UNITE HERE and SEIU: More than 300,000 workers may walk May 1
As many as 300,000 food chain workers and 40,000 service workers across America may walk off their jobs next week on May 1. The hotel and food service workers union UNITE HERE is anticipating that service workers it represents in 27 cities will take part in actions in their communities and workplace... → Read More
United Airlines excavates a new low in “race to the bottom”
On Monday, shortly before scheduled takeoff, on a Louisville-bound United Airlines flight from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the decades long struggle of private airline corporations to wring every cent of profit out of their operations at the expense of customers reached a logical con... → Read More
AFL-CIO condemns Trump’s “soft” approach to trade
The Trump administration is circulating a draft outline of their policy objectives for the upcoming re-negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). → Read More